Privateers haul several ships in the North Channel amid war news
Ship news reports Halifax captured by a privateer and carried to Norway. The Gand Hope, Felicity, and George taken or arrived at ports or settlements. Bouyant Fleet operations around Havre, Margou, Cayenne, and St Helena. Admiral Nelson’s Vanguard clears Havre with Strachan chasing gunboats. convoy movements from the Downs and Lisbon. Local trials in Yarmouth include a man acquitted for a shippiece accident and a marine sentenced to lashes.
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de Charlotte
Marshall
Liverpool
Halifax
Braakel
High Treason Trial Details Revealed in War Acts Debate
A British court scene outlines the 3rd day of treason proceedings amid war measures. Indictments under the 3rd year acts expand on overt acts and the concept of treason, with defendants O Connor Binns and Leary seeking delays and counsel as Madiston adjourns for arraignments and subsequent trials.
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Maidstone
O’connor
O’coterer
Aliss Favey
Binns
Attey
Jeremiah Leary
Justice Burugr
O'Connor
Ireland
Butter
O’corceey
Fourkes
Foulkes
Gurney
Arret
Fercusson
Scorr
Simmors
Rochester
Leary
Bonney
Auney
Crown
Garrow
Apam
Fexcusson
General Arm ing Of The People Discussed At London Casinet
London reports indicate ministers considered forming district level arms associations to defend the country with exercises scheduled to minimize business disruption. France’s invasion threats from Brest Havre and Holland spur urgency as Buonaparte’s directives widen powers. Royal stores near Windsor rise to supply London, amid requisitions of Holland and prep for possible coastal landing.
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Westerday
France
Brest
Havre
Holland
Rechfort
Texel
England
Buonaparte
Arreté
Directory
Windsor
London
Naval dispatches and fleet movements reported from Plymouth and Portsmouth
Monday evening failure noted for Sir Roger Curtis from Plymouth while Lord Barpport is expected to fail from Portsmouth. Admiralty received dispatches from Sir Peter Parker at Portsmouth with signals from Sir Richard Strachan off Havre. Fleet movements include two frigates sent to join, and arrivals from Lisbon and Macao with ships like Canton Glatton Boddam and Britannia making progress abroad.
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Roger Curtis
Plymouth
Lord Barpport
Portsmouth
Admiralty
Peter Parker
Richard Strachan
Havre
Lord St. Vincent
Lisbon
Flora
Yawkins
East India House
Huey Inauts
Jacas Bosanquet
Elgis
Joan Mansure
G. W. TuErxinsson
Francis Baring
Hucy Inouis
Paul.l. Mesurier
Tuos
T. Mercarre
Cuan Ves Mites
Simon Fraser
Tuomas. Parry
East-India House
Canton
Glatton
Boddam
Bombay
Bar
Princess Mary
Atlantic
Madras
Pinang
Admiral Rainier
China
Abergavenny
Malacca
Centurion
Romania
Yarmouth
Nore
Davin Scott
Gro
Notice to Queen's County Residents During Curfew
Thousands were distributed urging residents to stay indoors from 9 PM until dawn. A list of names must be posted on doors and patrols may arrest unlisted individuals or punish absent residents. If a house sign is damaged, a new one must be obtained within two hours. Magistrates may grant absences with reasons. Yeomanry officers assist in enforcement.
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Queen’s County
Yeomanry
Naval orders and distress from Atlantic to Channel
The Channel Fleet is ordered to cruise between the Lizard and the Cove of Cork with a squadron off the Irish coast from Cork to Galway Bay. A merchant fleet arrived at St Kitt's from Spithead on February 24 and from Cork on February 27. A February gale at Martinique destroyed several vessels, including valuable ships. the Jane Packet was driven off. Insurrection in Marie Galante was quelled by Victor Hueves. Dalemacne in Rome seeks 1090 livres loan from Lucca. Venice reports Austrian Army near Verona. The Swedish king remains in Sweden, with a trip to Gripholme noted. A duel near Kennington Common ends in reconciliation after injuries. Hull to Barton ferries break ropes and strand behind the garrison jetty. a horse boat sinks with nine of 25 oxen saved.
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Baiprort
Lizard
Cork
Bay of
Galway
St. Kitt’s
Spithead
St.Kitt’s
Martinique
N. W
Jane Packet
Guadaloupe
Marie Galante
Victor Hueves
Dalemacne
Rome
Lucca
Venice
Verona
Stockholm
Sweden
Gripfholm
Kennington Common
Lieut, Promer
Fenwick
Private Correspondence from Hamburg on Secularization Hope
A March 30 report from Hamburg, likely for London, states French plenipotentiaries demanded a peremptory declaration on whether they would accept secularization. The note asserts the report is unfounded and counters a separate claim that the Deputies of the Empire rejected the proposal.
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Hamburgh
London
Empire
French Envoy pledges to respect Danish flag amid war
In Copenhagen on March 30, a French envoy declared his government will honor Denmark's flag and avoid using it to transport enemy goods or goods for the enemy. Two warships bound for the Cape of Good Hope and St Helena reportedly will stay in port. Also, fires at the King's life-guards barracks and the hay magazine near them caused extensive damage, with no wind aiding the spread.
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Copenhagen
Cape of Good Hope
St. Helena
Hamburgh Settlement on Hans Town Taxes and Directorial Misconceptions
The report from Hamburgh dated April 6 states the French Directory and our Senate have resolved differences. Hamburgh receives six million livres, while Bremen and Lubeck will negotiate separately on their contributions. The Directory wrongly thought our City directed the other Hans towns and that they must follow our Senate resolutions.
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Hamburgh
Bremen
Lubeck
Directory
Arrival of Cardinal Primates in Vienna Dialogue on Papal Succession
Vienna reports Cardinal Batarany, Cardinal Primate of Hungary, and Cardinal Mirazzi meeting to plan ecclesiastical administration after the Pope's death. They will present results to the Court. No Naples letters reached by regular mail due to interception by the French.
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Prince Batarany
Hungary
Mirazzi
Naples
Military buildup and plans in Naples and Rome
Report describes the Royal army forming two camps with Krna in overall command and General Collins under him. A 100000 militia is to be raised if war arises. Substantial ammunition and ordnance flow to frontiers, and many recruits are being levied. In the Papal States about 60000 French troops are assembling. Carpinacs from Rome are to be shipped to Civita Vecchia then Palermo. On March 18 the Confederacy festival in Rome will see the new Constitution proposed.
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Naples
Krna
Collins
Rome
Civita Vecchia
Palermo
Sicily
Danish Captain Warns On Convoy Needs In Mediterranean
Copenhagen reports Captain Binke of the Danish brig Nagade states that convoys become essential as French privateers surge after a French decree on neutral vessels carrying English goods. While Captain Brix stayed at Gibraltar an American frigate of 24 guns arrived bearing a gift for the Dey of Algiers.
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Copenhagen
Binke
Mediterranean
Brix
Gibraltar
Algiers
Deputation Debates Left Bank Cession And Secularization
In Hanau on March 24 the Imperial Deputation voices surprise at France's last note over left bank cession, demands fixed preliminaries and a clear French position on secularizations and indemnifications to avoid harming the German constitution and union, urging explicit French meaning before peace.
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Hanau
Empire
Rhine
Gerevan
Electorate of Saxony
France
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Treafon
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